The 2015 Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines will see the 16 NRL teams play-off in four pools, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the quarter-finals and $2.6 million in prize money up for grabs.

Premier Sports have agreed coverage with the NRL to bring fans in the UK this massive event for another 3 years from 2015 to 2017.

The event takes place over 2 days with over 16 hours of live broadcasting on the 31st January and 1st February 2015.

A full repeat of the coverage will take place on Wedneday 18th Feb from 06:00 to 12:30 and Thursday 19th Feb from 06:00 to 11:00.

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- Every game from every round (201 matches) exclusive to Premier Sports in the UK.

- At least 6 live with 2 delayed games and plenty of repeats at UK Primetime hours.

- Every game from the play-offs.

- Grand Final live and exclusive.

- State or Origin series (Queensland v New South Wales) best of 3 live and exclusive.

- The award winning NRL Footy Show every Thursday evening duing the season.

Also don't forget SKY platform customers have the option to create a free account on our online Premier Player and watch the NRL live and On-Demand in HD. We will also be launching a full HD channel on SKY in Summer 2015.

The NRL Footy Show airs every Thursday evening on Premier Sports during the NRL season

PREMIER SPORTS ANNOUNCES COVERAGE OF

THE NRL FOOTY SHOW

MULTI-AWARD WINNING WEEKLY SHOW WILL COMPLIMENT EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF THE NRL AND STATE OF ORIGIN IN 2014.

Premier Sports, operating exclusively on SKY channel 428 and Virgin 551 in the UK have today announced they are to begin airing the 8 time Logie award winning NRL Footy Show during 2014.

The renowned sports variety show has been running since 1994 and is produced by the Nine Network in Australia each week during the season. UK subscribers to Premier Sports will be able to enjoy a mix of panel humour, news and features that focus on the best Rugby League competition in the world each Thursday evening ahead of coverage of every game from every round of the NRL. The programme is presented by ex-league stars Paul Vautin and Darryl Brohman who are joined by former test cricketer Michael Slater in front of a live studio audience.

Richard Sweeney, General Manager of Premier Sports commented, “It is great that the Footy Show will once again be available to viewers in the UK. Since we began covering the NRL in 2010 it has been one of the most requested additions asked for fans of the greatest game. We are delighted to be able to complement and enhance further our exclusive wall to wall coverage of all 213 NRL and State of Origin games in 2014 with this superbly produced show.

Glenn Pallister, Executive Producer of the NRL Footy Show commented, “We are thrilled that our show will once again be broadcast in the UK. We know it has a great following, and we hope we gain a whole new legion of Footy Show fans…who knows – if someone will have us, we may even have to come over and do a show in the UK!”

Endemol Worldwide Distribution are the international distributors of the NRL Footy Show.

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